Yolla Blog
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Afghanistan for Free from Abroad
Staying connected with family, friends, and important contacts in Afghanistan is essential for many people. Whether it’s offering support to loved ones, keeping up with news back home, or reaching…
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Immigration Support
Navigating the Asylum Process in Australia – What You Need to Know
Seeking asylum in Australia can feel challenging, but understanding the steps involved can help. This guide breaks down the process—covering how to check your eligibility, apply for protection, and make…
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Immigration Support
Long-Distance Love: Keeping Relations with Family, Friends, and Partners from Abroad
Staying close to family, friends, or a partner when you live far away can be tough. Distance might make you feel lonely and separated from their daily lives. Time zone…
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Uncategorized
How to Call Yemen from the USA and Other Countries: Calling Mobile and Landline Phones – Cheap or Even Free
Do you want to make international calls to Yemen? Whether you’re calling from the USA, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Arab Emirates, Egypt, or anywhere else, cheap and easy communication is important….
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International Calling Tips
How to call Venezuela from the USA and other countries: Calling Mobile and Landline Phones – Cheap or Even Free
Want to make international calls to Venezuela? Staying in-touch with loved ones or businesses from the USA, Spain, Chile, Peru, Columbia, the Netherlands, or other countries can be quite costly…
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Immigration Support
Heartfelt Stories of Connection: 9 Years of Yolla and the Migrant Experience
Yolla isn’t just an app for making calls; it’s a product that helps people stay connected, especially across borders. Over the past 9 years, both our users and team members…
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Travel Tips
How Many Countries Can You Visit without a Visa in 2024 with a Pakistani/African (Various)/Iraqi/Afghani Passport?
Passports are more than just travel documents; they’re your keys to the world. Additionally, the visa requirements linked to each passport affect where and how freely you can move. This…
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Immigration Support
Strategies to Find a Job as a Refugee: Resources and Tips
Being a refugee can be really tough. You face a lot of stress, fear, and uncertainty. But you’ve already made a brave first step toward a better future by learning…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call India from the USA and Other Countries: Affordable and Free Options for Mobile and Landline Phones
Calling India from the USA and other countries can be a daunting task due to different country codes, dialing formats, and varying costs. This guide will show you the best…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Africa from the USA and Other Countries: Calling Mobile and Landline Phones – Cheap or Even Free
Making international calls to Africa, either to mobile or landline phones, can be both expensive and confusing due to varying rates and methods. Whether you’re calling Africa from the USA,…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Iraq from the USA and Other Countries: Calling Mobile and Landline Phones – Cheap or Even Free
Making international calls to Iraq can seem complicated, but with the right knowledge, it’s straightforward and affordable. Whether you’re calling Iraq from the USA, Canada, Australia, or the UK, this…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Syria from the USA and Other Countries: Cheap or Free Mobile and Landline Calls
Why Yolla is the Best Method for Making Cheap International Calls Yolla offers exceptionally low rates for making international calls to both landlines and mobiles, even when the person you’re…
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Immigration Support
Celebrating Excellence: Inspiring Stories of African Migrants
This August at Yolla, we proudly introduce “African Appreciation Month.” It’s a time when we come together to acknowledge and celebrate the massive contributions that Africans have made all around…
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Immigration Support
Tips for African Expats Living in the USA
The United States has a large immigrant population. As of March 2024, expats totaled 51.6 million, making up 15.6% of the total US population1. African expats, including 2.1 million immigrants from…
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Immigration Support
Finding Home Within: Mental Health Tips for Refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports that the global number of refugees, forcibly displaced and stateless people, reached 114 million in 2023, projected to rise to 130.8 million…
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International Calling Tips
How to Dial Internationally from Your Cell Phone in the USA and Canada: All Methods Described for 2024
Staying connected with loved ones, managing international business, and exploring diverse cultures have never been so accessible, thanks to modern technology. This guide explores all the methods available for making…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Pakistan from the USA and Other Countries – A Yolla Guide
Are you looking to make high-quality, affordable calls to landlines and mobiles in Pakistan? Do you have friends, family, or colleagues there waiting for your call? This article explores the…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Iran From USA, Canada and Other Countries – Iran Dialing Guide for 2024
In 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran revealed that over 4 million Iranians live abroad. The number of Iranians moving overseas continues to grow, leading to a significant…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Mexico from the US and Other Countries: The Ultimate Guide
Whether you’re in California, Texas, or Florida, or calling from cities like New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago, reaching out to Mexico doesn’t have to be complicated. This guide provides…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Brazil from the US and Other Countries – The Ultimate Guide
Whether you’re planning on calling from a landline in California, New York, or Texas to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, or Bahia, or from a mobile phone in Los Angeles,…
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Lifestyle
Top 16 Online Games and Activities for Family and Friends: Spending Time Together Online
Thankfully, In today’s digital age, staying connected with family and friends is easier than ever. Calls and texts are extremely important and should never be replaced, but there are many other ways for you and your family to engage with each other online through internet-based activities that can help you bond, have fun, and create lasting memories together.
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Lifestyle
How to Plan Your Vacation and Travels Using AI: Top 6 AI Apps
In the world of travel, artificial intelligence (AI) is making its mark by redefining how we plan and experience vacations. With a host of innovative AI tools and applications at our disposal, the journey from thinking of where to go and planning to arrival is becoming more efficient, personalized, secure, and budget-friendly.
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Ghana from the USA, UK, Canada, and other Countries
International calls have become an important part of modern life, connecting us with our family and friends across the world. Ghana is a vibrant West African nation known for its…
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Calling Tips
How to save on Yolla account top-ups
Calling your loved ones back home can be costly if you travel or live abroad, but it doesn’t have to be. The Yolla app is not only the most reliable…
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International Calling Tips
How to call Cuba from the USA and other countries
This article will show you the basic steps that you’ll need to take if you want to make an international call to a landline or mobile phone in Cuba from…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Eritrea from the US and Other Countries
Trying to reach your family and friends back in Eritrea but don’t want to spend much? With Yolla, you can call for cheap or even free from anywhere in the…
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International Calling Tips
10 Best Apps for International Calls and Texts – Ultimate guide for 2023
What is the best app for international calls and texts? This is an important question and one we at Yolla may not entirely answer without bias. So in this article,…
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International Calling Tips
Can You Call Internationally With Telegram?
Trying to use Telegram for international calls? While it’s a feature-rich app, with app-to-app calling, you still can’t use Telegram to call landlines or mobile phones that don’t have the…
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International Calling Tips
How to Make Free Calls to Pakistan With Yolla
You can make free calls to Pakistan with Yolla. Are you abroad, worried about calling your friends and family back home, but don’t want to pay a fortune? Yolla makes…
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Tech News
Yolla VPN – Restriction-free, Secure, Affordable
The Yolla VPN is now live! And the best part is that it’s available right inside the Yolla app. That’s right, if you already have the Yolla app, then you…
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Calling Tips
Here’s the problem with WhatsApp – Advantages and Disadvantages of WhatsApp
I work at Yolla, and here’s my heart crying out. Yolla is an app designed for international calls. Nothing to hide: when people hear about Yolla for the first time,…
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Travel Tips
Bologna Food – Mouthwatering guide to Bologna cuisine
This is our 3rd article on Bologna. Talking about the Italian gastronomical capital, I can’t not mention Bologna food and cuisine. But firstly, I have to reveal a big Italian…
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Travel Tips
Top 8 Bologna Attractions – Historic sights of Bologna, Italy
Luckily, the perfectly preserved historical center of Bologna is easy to discover on foot and all the must-visit Bologna attractions are within walking distance from one another. But you may…
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Travel Tips
What is Bologna Italy Known For? Discover the Secrets of Bologna
I recently heard someone asking, what is Bologna Italy known for? And it got me thinking: there are many lesser-known places (luckily) in the world that are incredibly beautiful. And…
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Calling Tips
Benefits of WiFi Calling – WiFi vs your carrier, which is better?
What are the benefits of WiFi calling? Firstly, this technology offers low-cost calls to any country in the world. In some cases, the calls are even free, which often makes…
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Travel Tips
Moving Abroad – All you need to know guide
Are you moving abroad? Are you considering it? If so, you may have several questions about this exciting, yet intimidating adventure. Some are profound: is moving abroad a good idea?…
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Calling Tips
Yolla Free Calls – How to make free calls with Yolla
At Yolla, we love creating gifts. And we know how much people love getting them. That’s why, a while ago, we came up with the idea of a Referral Program,…
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Travel Tips
6 Ways to Get WiFi Anywhere You Go in the World
All travelers know how difficult it can be to catch a WiFi signal in a new country. Most of the time, you have to spend hours trying to find free…
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Yolla News
International Texting and SMS With Yolla
When you have a short message you need to send someone abroad, it’s sometimes much more convenient to drop them a text. While wifi calling apps make it easy to…
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Calling Tips
Rebtel vs Vonage vs More – Complete calling app comparison
With so many wifi calling apps on the market today, we can’t help but ask, which one is best? Especially when it comes to Rebtel vs Vonage, two of the…
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International Calling Tips
Pros and Cons of WiFi Calling – All you need to know
When Skype was released in 2003, it turned the telecommunications world upside down. The ability to use your computer to make a call (video or audio) to another computer over…
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Yolla News
Overseas Top Up – International Mobile Top Up Online
At Yolla, we understand that if you live abroad, or have friends and family members abroad, you need to keep in touch. You need to send international mobile top-ups online…
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Holidays
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022!
The magic is here! The Yolla team is excited to wish you a Merry Christmas! We were delighted to spend another unforgettable year with you. We want to wish you…
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International Calling Tips
How to Use WhatsApp for International Calls
This article explains how to use WhatsApp for international calls and some of the most important points you need to consider when relying on WhatsApp for international calls. WhatsApp is…
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Calling Tips
What’s the Best Google Voice Alternative?
If you’re one of those people who discovered Google Voice within the past decade, you may find it to be a highly useful app, though you’re likely aware of its…
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Holidays
How People Celebrate the New Year Worldwide
Thanks to the Gregorian calendar, the 2021 new year around the world will unfold on Saturday, December 31st. While the prospects for the pandemic in 2021 don’t seem too much…
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International Calling Tips
Best International Calling Apps for iPhone
You may need to call internationally these days, but you’re not sure of the best way to do it. Calling via your mobile carrier can be expensive. Most WiFi calling…
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Calling Tips
Call vs Text – How to decide whether you should call or text
Texting and calling are often free and unlimited with different calling apps these days. And since the COVID-19 pandemic, people have been forced inside and isolated, relying on phones for…
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Uzbekistan From the United States
Are you an Uzbek living in the States? Have you got friends or family back in Uzbekistan? Here are your easy instructions on how to call Uzbekistan from the USA….
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Nigeria from the USA for Cheap – Or even FREE
If you are one of the 376,000 Nigerians living in the US today, you may want to know how to call Nigeria from the USA for rates that won’t break…
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International Calling Tips
Free International Calls With Yolla – Seriously!
With all the wifi calling apps available today, you may wonder if there’s an app out there that will let you make free international calls. If you’ve ever googled it…
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Calling Tips
20 Ways to Block Unwanted Phone Calls to Your Cell Phone
Estimates of the number of robocalls in 2020 were at 46 billion. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) both say they’re giving their best effort…
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International Calling Tips
Cheap International Business Calls – Stay Connected
Plenty of people make international phone calls: those who recently moved abroad and want to call family, those who are on vacation, etc. However, one of the largest contingents is…
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International Calling Tips
Best International Calling App for Android
With over 2 billion active devices around the globe, there is a good chance you or someone you know owns an Android. This also means there are many people looking…
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International Calling Tips
How to Make Free International Calls to Landlines
Banks still use them. Older generations still use them. Businesses still use them. And sometimes you need to call them.
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International Calling Tips
Cheaper than India Calling Cards
Do you need to call India from abroad? As a result of India’s brilliant workforce, international mindset and bold spirit, many Indians are working, studying and traveling in different countries…
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Lifestyle
6 Health Reasons to Regularly Call Your Mom
You’ve had a rough day. Your luggage didn’t arrive with your plane, your hotel lost your reservation, you haven’t slept for 24 hours, you spilled your coffee on your lap…
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Competitions
Yolla Is 6 Years Old!
Yolla is celebrating its 6th birthday! And on this occasion, we are holding the contest “More Friends – More Communication!”. Below, you can find the detailed rules. Please read them…
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Travel Tips
8 Travel Tips – How Not to Ruin Your Vacation Abroad
What’s the best travel advice you’ve ever received? Are you looking for some travel tips? Since COVID-19 forced many of us inside, we’ve grown tired of sitting at home. However,…
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News
Yolla Customer Service – What questions can we answer?
We’re Yolla Customer Service, and we’d love to hear from you.
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Holidays
Happy Father’s Day!
Father’s Day is celebrated on June 20 in many countries. This holiday is dedicated to all men who raise children and become role models & superheroes for them.
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Yolla News
Rules of #myyolla promo
This month’s topic: “My Most Unexpected Call”. Learn more. Period. April 19 – May 19 Terms of participation. All users of the social network Facebook can participate. To do…
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Competitions
The first #yollaadvice winners announced!
Have you already heard about our Yolla advice promotion? We all gather on Facebook to share stories about moving to a new country, share our experiences and help each other…
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Yolla News
Yolla advice
New topic: travelling with Yolla Learn more. Remember our #5yearsyolla contest? You told us what happened to you in the last 5 years, and we gave out gifts? We not…
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Holidays
Call international to loved ones and congratulate them!
Let the magic begin! 2021 is almost there, and we want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The long-awaited holidays are knocking on our door…
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Yolla News
5 years Yolla – FAQ
Promotion name: 5 years Yolla Period of the competition: 20.10-20.11.2020 Stories published on 11/21/2020 will not be counted as valid and the authors of these publications will not be…
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Yolla News
Yolla Logo Contest Winners
Thank you all for participating in the contest and voting for posts on Facebook. The judges have voted and we are now ready to announce the winners!
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Yolla News
iOS 14 Important Announcement
With the release of iOS 14, Apple gives its users more control over permissions that apps require and adds more transparency to how apps collect and handle user data. We…
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Yolla News
Top up Yolla with Apple Pay
We’ve got great news for our iOS users! Now you can top up Yolla with Apple Pay.
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Yolla News
Yolla Features Overview
Thank you for using Yolla! Our main purpose is to make international calls affordable. With Yolla you can call landlines and mobiles all over the world at cheap rates; all…
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Yolla News
Yolla Logo Contest – Win an iPhone 11 Pro!
As July starts, we are announcing a creative contest with cool prizes.
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Holidays
Happy International Women’s day!
As March 8 is approaching, we want to congratulate all the women across the world and wish them a Happy International Women’s Day!
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Yolla News
Yolla means free overseas calls and gifts!
March is a time for changes, warmth and unstoppable desire to do good deeds. Very soon we will congratulate our beloved women with the International Women’s Day and celebrate the…
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Yolla News
Use Google Assistant to Make Calls through Yolla
We are thrilled to announce our brand new feature – support of Google Assistant for making international calls through Yolla. Being software enthusiasts, we always try to keep up to…
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Travel Tips
How Yolla’s Cheap Calls to Russia Could’ve Saved Me
Travelling isn’s as easy as it might seem. It is especially the case if you are doing it alone. Being far away from home on your own is a perfect…
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Holidays
Don’t Lose Touch With Family in the New Year
Ho-ho-ho! Did you have a merry Christmas? How did you celebrate New Year 2019? You had a good time, didn’t you? We bet you did.
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Holidays
Call Your Parents and Wish Them a Merry Christmas
Winter is coming not only in Game of Thrones but in real life as well. As December begins, Christmas time grows near and you feel magic in the air. Everyone’s…
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Holidays
Happy Lunar New Year: Call Abroad to Send Congrats!
From Beijing to New York, today celebrations are spreading all over the world. Whether you belong to the Asian culture and follow the traditions or just want to have fun,…
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Holidays
Have a Lucky 2018 (Bonus for calls abroad inside)
Fact: when it comes to holidays, people get carried away.
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Holidays
Year of Brown Earth Dog: Call Abroad for Cheap!
Ho-ho-ho! It’s the 1st of December, meaning main holidays of the year – Christmas in the Catholic world and New Year’s Eve – are coming. Either children or adults are…
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Travel Tips
8 Best Fall Getaways
Despite the fact fall is almost over, it’s still easy to break your routine by taking a trip on a whim.
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Yolla News
Choose Yolla To Stop Having Troubles With iPv6
A couple of months ago our loyal user Alex, living in Seattle, contacted the support with an unusual issue. All of the sudden he couldn’t proceed with international calls via…
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Holidays
Five Days of Diwali: Call India for Cheap
The happiest day of the year in Indian culture is coming, as Diwali festival is almost here! Call India for cheap and congratulate your Indian friends!
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International Calling Tips
How to Call Nauru from the USA
Nauru, or the Republic of Nauru in official naming, is an island country located in Central Pacific in the heart of Micronesia, close to Manus Island. With Vatican City and…
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Yolla News
iOS 11 Yolla Update
Are you an iOS user? Good news: Yolla keeps up with iOS upgrades and is among the first apps to make a complete iOS 11 redesigns! Yahoo! Since the very…
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Yolla News
Join Yolla Calls Team Today
Yolla is changing the way people call abroad. We strive to provide high quality calling that is affordable. Yolla was launched in October 2015 and since then almost a million…
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Travel Tips
5 Essential Travel Tips: avoid roaming and more
Planning your next trip? Many Yolla users are vivid travelers, but it’s equally easy for everyone to miss out on something in spite of the travel experience level. As a…
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Yolla News
Yolla vs Calling Cards
Remember the time when travelers used to run throughout the city in search of a calling cards reseller? It was back then, in the before-innovations world, when we had long…
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Travel Tips
Calling Overseas: When Cashless and Abroad
Vivid travelers always get into these awkward situations when the cash is gone and bank cards get blocked in the most undesirable moment. To get out of this, they usually…
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Travel Tips
International Calling for Savvy Travellers
Got to the airport and found out that your tickets are not valid anymore? The lady at the information desk cannot help you? Don’t have millions on your carrier balance…
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Holidays
Eid Mubarak! Сall abroad with Yolla! Promo code inside
Every year millions of Muslims all over the world celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr at the start of Shawwal – the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. It marks the end of…
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Holidays
Ramadan Kareem! Сall abroad with Yolla! Promo code inside
Over 1.6 billion of Muslims worldwide celebrate the Holiest month of the Islamic calendar – Ramadan 2017 – starting today! The holiday is also known as Ramzan, Ramazan, Ramadhan, and…
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Tech News
Skype affected by RAMNIT virus–Call abroad via Yolla
If you are still calling abroad with Skype – it’s time to turn to Yolla! These days many Skype users are getting random links from hacked with Ramnit virus accounts….
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Tech News
Top Startup Cities–Call abroad to set a business
In startups – not only in a real estate – it’s all about location. Even if your workers are remote and you don’t have a physical office, the place where…
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Yolla News
Invite Friends and Call Abroad for Free
Want to call abroad FOR FREE? Are you an active Yolla user? Want to become one? Eager to get extra credits for free calls and give a $3 gift to…
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Lifestyle
Call Overseas with Yolla while Studying Abroad
In our multicultural and fast-living world studying abroad may bring only the very best experience to a student’s life.
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Tech News
HD Voice Calls – Get good quality calls with Yolla
HD Voice calls hype is all around. More and more mobile carriers now are implementing HD Voice calls, but that feature is mostly available only if both sides of a…
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Lifestyle
Fighting Homesickness: Call Family Abroad, Find Friends and More
Why do people move overseas? Sometimes it’s for work, sometimes it’s to study and some people want to gain new experience and see the world while they still can. What…
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Holidays
World Hello Day: Call Abroad to 10 People
Today is the 44th annual World Hello Day! Due to Egypt and Israel conflict in the Fall of 1973 people began celebrating this day to always remember about the importance of…
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Holidays
Winter Heroes: Call abroad to friends to know more
Starting from the late November here comes the time of holidays, presents, sparkles everywhere and champagne/mulled wine all the time. And as shops and streets are turning into Christmas mode…
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Yolla News
Get your BLACK FRIDAY bonus for international top up!
Black Friday is coming, and we are excited to announce that Yolla takes part in Black Friday Fun*!
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Lifestyle
Black Friday Time!
On the last Friday of November bargain lovers from all over the world will be celebrating the biggest sales and discounts festival – Black Friday. It’s still a week ahead…
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Yolla News
Why Yolla is the Best International Calling App
A year ago we launched Yolla – the best international calling app we ever created on both iOS and Android platforms.
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Travel Tips
Why Using Long-Distance Calling Cards Is a No-Go
Let us start this post with a little confession: as creators of the Yolla calling app, we are a bit obsessed by long distance calling topic.
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Holidays
How Do People Celebrate Halloween Around the World
All Hallows’ Evening Long time ago on the All Saints Day people used to spend time honouring their ancestors and lost relatives. Nowadays Halloween is a festival in honour of…
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Yolla News
Happy Birthday, Yolla!
Today, on the 20th of October, Yolla celebrates 1-year Anniversary!
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Yolla News
Yolla Featured in Apps We Love
Guess what? Yolla has recently been featured in Apps We Love on the AppStore in Russia! It’s a big deal to be highlighted by Apple. We can’t help but wonder: how…
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Yolla News
Yolla International Calling App for iPhone Fully Supports iOS10
You all know that now iOS 10 is available on all the iOS devices, right? We couldn’t stay aside from this magnificent release and have developed several features which now…
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Yolla News
Yolla Calls App For Android – A Major Redesign
It’s the last month of summer but don’t get upset! We’ve prepared great news for all our Android users. Finally our calling app for Android can boast it’s brand new…
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Yolla News
Yolla Available in Spanish Now!
Buenas noticias para los amigos de habla hispana! In other words, good news for all our Spanish-speaking friends: since now Yolla is available in Spanish! We are so happy that…
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Yolla News
Yolla gets UK App Design Award!
In our very first year Yolla has already been recognised – this week we were honored to become Silver Winner of UK App Design Awards!
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Yolla News
Yolla International Calling – Welcome on Board
Yolla is an international mobile calling application that is changing the way people keep in touch with someone abroad.